Butterflies with Glimmer and Shimmer for Global Design Project #GDP084

Butterflies are so delicate and beautiful in real life and I never tire of incorporating them in to my cards.

The challenge on the Global Design Project this week is to CASE the designer.  

When you CASE a project you can Copy And Selectively Edit - so take what you like from the design and make it your own. It might be the stamp set - the colours, the layout, the flowers, whatever you like that has inspired you to make a card of your own.

The project to CASE this week is by the amazingly talented Michelle Last.

For my card I have copied the layout.  The background is a layer of Shimmery White card that is embossed using the Fluttering embossing folder.  The focal point of the card has a few elements to it: the sentiment, ribbons and the butterfly.

For the butterfly element there is a layer of window sheet and foam adhesive strip within the layering circles framelits to form a shaker pocket that encases tiny sequins (they have a gorgeous pearly shimmer...and I lovingly separated them from the gold ones in the pack!!).

I have stamped (and die cut) the smaller butterfly from the Watercolour Wings stamp set using Bermuda Bay ink in a variety of intensities.  This is layered with a butterfly die cut from Glimmer Paper.  The sparkle and shine makes me happy!

I hope you like my version of Michelle's card - there are so many possibilities to create a card that is exactly the same...but uses different colours and stamps! 

 

 

If you would like to order any supplies, I would love to be your demonstrator.  Please visit my online shop: HERE

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Succulent Garden Notecards

Crafting is always enjoyable and spending time crafting and chatting with others is an entertaining way to spend an afternoon.  Saturday afternoon was no exception as I shared this set of notecards and notecard holder with a group of friends.

The notecards are quick and easy to put together.  The patterned paper is so fresh and clean looking that I wanted it to be the focus of the notecards, which are then finished off with a simple stamped sentiment.

The first notecard is finished off with a sentiment from the retiring Oh So Succulent stamp set which is stamped and then die cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits - oh, I adore these - and layered onto a die cut scalloped oval and some satin ribbon.

The other two notecards use the beautifully scripted sentiments from the gorgeous Birthday Blooms stamp set.  Above, the tiny flowers have been punched from the Tree Builder punch to add depth and texture to the patterned paper.  Don't they complement the little ditsy flowers in the pattern really well?

And below, the sentiment is again layered onto a Stitched Shapes oval.  The notecard shows off both sides of the patterned paper beautifully and the ribbon makes a feature of the join between them.  

The holder itself is made using the fabulous Gift Bag Punch Board.  I started with an A4 piece of Old Olive card and cut it at 15cm (resulting in a piece measuring 15cm x 29.7cm).  The length is slightly shorther than that suggested in the instructions which come with the board, but I found that there is just enough to make a large sized bag - Tear & Tape is the perfect width for the tab to close the bag.

Line the pointer up with the scoreline before punching

To begin, follow the instructions to make a large sized bag, but before you assemble the bag, turn the card through 180 degrees and using the score lines you have just made, punch another set of tabs on the opposite side.

Attach the patterened paper to the front and back of the "bag".  Apply Tear & Tape to the tab on the right hand side and then close up to make a tube.  Fold one set of flaps underneath to form the base of the "bag".  Then the flaps on the edge which is now the top of the "bag" will be folded down to partially cover the patterened paper.

Now you have a special box made from the Gift Bag Punch Board ready to fill with your pretty notecards.  Will it sit on your desk or will you give it away as a gift?

If you would like to order any supplies, I would love to be your demonstrator.  Please visit my online shop: HERE

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

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Birthday Boys for Global Design Project #GDP083

In the middle of March we celebrated 16th birthdays for our eldest two children (double celebrations for twins!), and now it is the turn of some of their friends.  Girls cards always seem easy to make, don't they?  This time, however, I needed two cards to celebrate 16th birthdays for boys.  I hope you approve!

The Global Design Project this week is a theme based challenge to use sparkles/bling!  When I read about the theme, rhinestones and glitter were the things that immediately sprang to mind.  My cards are a long way from rhinestones and glitter...well those embellisments are a little more suited to the girlie half of the twin combo!

Finally, I decided that what I needed to complete the cards for the Birthday Boys was shine and the Urban Underground Embellishments.  Those elements, together with the Number of Years stamps and coordinating Large Numbers Framelits, are a perfect combination for a birthday card.  And, yes they are big shiny numbers!

Gift cards can be a great present.  Win win for everyone - you are giving something, and the recipient can choose exactly what they want to buy.

Gift cards can look a bit insignificant by themselves though.  So, while I was making cards I made up a monogrammed gift card holder as well.

Hopefully I have managed to successfully combine the Global Design Project criteria for sparkles/bling and fulfilled the requirement for a teenage boy's card and gift card!  What do you think?

If you would like to order any supplies, I would love to be your demonstrator.  Please visit my online shop: HERE

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

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(The Urban Underground Specialty paper used for the background has already sold out, but at the time of writing, the embellishments are still available at a reduced price.)